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Mr. Wood oalled on me and argued at great length

and left the attached papers. There is no doubt

that the Gov. did not quite apprehend the posi-·

tion when he wrote 19360, and Mr. Wood has had

hard luck, since he understood from Sir F. Lu-:

gard and Mr. Clementi that he would get the

further £50 in due course. I told him that the

S. of S. retained a free hand, and had declined

the further increase which the Gov. did not re-!

commend whatever might have been in his mind

not [cspbmming it

in so deelining and that there was no chance

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of re-consideration here unless the Gov. should

re-open the matter. It was open to him to make

representations to the Gov.

on his return and

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if the Gov. decided to make further recommen-

dat on the S. of S. would consider it.

chrath of

I told him that his dastea for transfer to

a better post was small but that he was noted.

Send out oopy of his Memo. re Promotion attached

together with copy of 10259/11 with onell, to H.C.

Malay States, asking H.C. to consider him if a vacan-

and expe

oy should arise for which his qualifications are

suitable and which it would be to his advantage to

accept.

Sound with through to? hiamaghton

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30.11.14

fence

I also said we would send his papers to the H.C.

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of the Malay States on the chance of an opening

arising for him there, but that I could hold

out no expectation that an opening was likely.

(As a matter of fact Mr. Wood might come in

very useful in the new Commercial Audit Dept. they

are proposing to establish, but I doubt if they

could

offer a sufficiently attractive salary

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